Study of investment diversification on the UC-Berkeley campus
That’s a header from the excellent Mark Thorson. Here is an excerpt:
“Think of them as little bankers depositing money and spreading it out in different funds, and doing some management of those funds,” said Mikel Delgado, a doctoral student in psychology who heads the squirrel research team in the laboratory of UC Berkeley psychologist Lucia Jacobs.
Here is another good squirrel sentence:
“Despite her disability, she’s great at caching,” said Delgado.
And this:
…squirrels shake their heads to assess the quality of the nut, and that this “head-flicking behavior” increases when they plan to store the nut rather than eat it.
Finally, unlike many of us:
While Delgado hopes to crack the mystery of which cognitive navigation skills squirrels use to find their personal stashes, one thing’s for sure: “They’re saving for the future,” she said, “and they’re really smart about it.”
The story is here.